Jing xuan Lu Fangweng shi ji : qian ji 10 juan, hou ji 8 juan, bie ji 1 juan /

Ju Liu shi Jia ye tang cang Hongzhi 10 nian kan ben ying yin.

Analisi comparativa del fenomeno dell'alternanza grafo-fonica nella scrittura manoscritta e digitale di bambini di lingua spagnola e italiana di 4 e 5 anni

L'articolo presenta i risultati di una ricerca comparativa tra bambini di 4 e 5 anni appartenenti a due contesti linguistici diversi circa il fenomeno delle alternanze grafo-foniche. Nell'indagine è stato richiesto a 60 bambini (30 argentini e 30 italiani) di scrivere sotto dettatura dell'adulto uno stesso elenco di parole, prima in forma manoscritta e poi con l'uso del pc; e successivamente di confrontare le due versioni. In questo modo è stato possibile cogliere le diverse modalità di risoluzione dei problemi legati alla scrittura degli stessi segmenti sillabici: dall?utilizzo di modalità più stabili, come l?identità totale, ad altre più instabili, come le alternanze. Come già indagato nella lingua spagnola, nei diversi livelli di concettualizzazione, in entrambe le lingue sono state individuate alternanze grafo-foniche molto simili per frequenza e percentuali. Questo fenomeno ci offre maggiori informazioni sulle conoscenze che i bambini possiedono rispetto al sistema di scrittura, poiché riflette il modo in cui essi esplorano e introducono i valori sonori convenzionali, soprattutto nel livello sillabico di concettualizzazione. I risultati indicano, inoltre, che la presenza e l?uso della tastiera del pc non incide in modo significativo sulla maggiore varietà o quantità (numero) di grafemi utilizzati nella produzione digitale rispetto a quella manuale

www.professor.com.br : Experiências do uso da tecnologia na vida profissional e pessoal de professores

Esta pesquisa investiga as experiências dos professores nas Séries Iniciais do Ensino Fundamental no Estado de São Paulo, sobre o uso do computador como uma ferramenta de trabalho, procurando identificar as relações que estão construindo com o uso das tecnologias tanto na organização e no planejamento de suas aulas quanto na construção dos saberes pedagógicos que podem fazer com o uso do computador. Identificam-se nesse trabalho o acesso e o domínio que os professores têm no dia-a-dia em relação ao computador (incluindo o acesso à internet) e as experiências que estão realizando com o auxilio do computador e da internet. Foi utilizado o conceito de familiarização para análise da relação do professor com o computador.Foram realizadas entrevistas e aplicados questionários aos professores que atuam nos sistemas de ensino público e privado, no Estado de São Paulo, primeiro nível do Ensino Fundamental (1ª a 4ª séries / 2° ao 5° ano ), e aos alunos do curso de Pedagogia. O trabalho evidenciou que existe uma relação de familiarização dos professores, e esse nível passa pelo interesse e pela experiência individual antes de passar para o lado profissional do uso do computador e internet na sala de aula. Não há evidências de resistência ao uso do computador, as atividades com alunos avançam à medida que o professor se desenvolve no uso da tecnologia.(AU)

Interaction of liquid copper with sintered iron compacts

Interaction of liquid copper with sintered iron is important in brazing, liquid phase sintering and infiltration. In brazing, the penetration of liquid copper into the pores is to be `avoided', whereas in infiltration processes it is `encouraged', and in liquid phase sintering it should be `controlled' so that optimum mechanical properties are achieved. The main objective of the research is to model the interaction by studying the effect of the process variables on the mechanisms of copper interaction in Fe-Cu and Fe-Cu-C systems. This involves both theoretical and experimental considerations. Dilatometric investigations at 950, 1125 and 1200oC, together with metallographic analyses were carried out to clarify the copper growth phenomenon. It is shown that penetration of liquid copper into the iron grain boundaries is the major cause of dimensional changes. Infiltration profiles revealed that copper penetration between the iron interparticle contact points and along iron grain boundaries is a rapid process. The extent of copper penetration depends on the dihedral angle. Large dihedral angles hinder, and small angles promote copper penetration into the grain boundaries. Dihedral angle analysis shows that the addition of 0.6wt.% graphite reduces the number of zero dihedral angle from 27 to 3o and increases the mean dihedral angle from 9.8 to 41.5o. The dihedral angle was lowest at 1125oC and then increased to higher values as the system approached its equilibrium condition. Elementally mixed (E.M.) Fe-Cu compacts showed a rapid expansion at the copper melting point. However, graphite additions reduced compact growth by increasing the mean dihedral angle. In order to reduce the copper growth phenomenon, iron powder was coated with a thin layer of copper by an immersion coating (I.C.) technique. The dilatometric curves revealed an overall shrinkage in the I.C. compacts compared to their corresponding E.M. compacts. Multiple regression models showed that temperature had the most effect on dimensional changes and density had the most contributing effect upon the copper penetration area in the infiltrated powder metallurgy compacts.

Picosecond soliton transmission using concatenated nonlinear optical loop mirror intensity filters

We investigate the use of nonlinear optical loop mirrors as saturable absorbers in picosecond soliton transmission systems. It is found that they allow short (1–5-ps) pulses to be propagated through chains of optical amplifiers spaced at intervals of typically 10 km. The loop mirror removes dispersive waves and stabilizes the peak amplitude of the soliton. An additional advantage is that the self-frequency shift of the soliton may be suppressed by bandwidth filtering without causing growth of dispersive waves at the center of the passband. The timing jitter and soliton interactions present in the scheme are also described.

Adaptation and gain pool summation:Alternative models and masking data

Foley [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 11 (1994) 1710] has proposed an influential psychophysical model of masking in which mask components in a contrast gain pool are raised to an exponent before summation and divisive inhibition. We tested this summation rule in experiments in which contrast detection thresholds were measured for a vertical 1 c/deg (or 2 c/deg) sine-wave component in the presence of a 3 c/deg (or 6 c/deg) mask that had either a single component oriented at -45° or a pair of components oriented at ±45°. Contrary to the predictions of Foley's model 3, we found that for masks of moderate contrast and above, threshold elevation was predicted by linear summation of the mask components in the inhibitory stage of the contrast gain pool. We built this feature into two new models, referred to as the early adaptation model and the hybrid model. In the early adaptation model, contrast adaptation controls a threshold-like nonlinearity on the output of otherwise linear pathways that provide the excitatory and inhibitory inputs to a gain control stage. The hybrid model involves nonlinear and nonadaptable routes to excitatory and inhibitory stages as well as an adaptable linear route. With only six free parameters, both models provide excellent fits to the masking and adaptation data of Foley and Chen [Vision Res. 37 (1997) 2779] but unlike Foley and Chen's model, are able to do so with only one adaptation parameter. However, only the hybrid model is able to capture the features of Foley's (1994) pedestal plus orthogonal fixed mask data. We conclude that (1) linear summation of inhibitory components is a feature of contrast masking, and (2) that the main aftereffect of spatial adaptation on contrast increment thresholds can be assigned to a single site. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Picosecond soliton transmission using concatenated nonlinear optical loop-mirror intensity filters

The issues involved in employing nonlinear optical loop mirrors (NOLMs) as intensity filters in picosecond soliton transmission were examined in detail. It was shown that inserting NOLMs into a periodically amplified transmission line allowed picosecond solitons to be transmitted under conditions considered infeasible until now. The loop mirrors gave dual function, removing low-power background dispersive waves through saturable absorption and applying a negative feedback mechanism to control the amplitude of the solitons. The stochastic characteristics of the pulses that were due to amplifier spontaneous-emission noise were investigated, and a number of new properties were determined. In addition, the mutual interaction between pulses was also significantly different from that observed for longer-duration solitons. The impact of Raman scattering in the computations was included and it was shown that soliton self-frequency shifts may be eliminated by appropriate bandwidth restrictions.

Dynamic two-axis curvature measurement using multicore fiber Bragg gratings interrogated by arrayed waveguide gratings

We describe the use of arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs) in the interrogation of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) for dynamic strain measurement. The ratiometric AWG output was calibrated in a static deflection experiment over a ±200 με range. Dynamic strain measurement was demonstrated with a FBG in a conventional single-mode fiber mounted on the surface of a vibrating cantilever and on a piezoelectric actuator, giving a resolution of 0.5 με at 2.4 kHz. We present results of this technique extended to measure the dynamic differential strain between two FBG pairs within a multicore fiber. An arbitrary cantilever oscillation of the multicore fiber was determined from curvature measurements in two orthogonal axes at 1125 Hz with a resolution of 0.05 m-1. © 2006 Optical Society of America.

Структурная Модель Полутонового Изображения и ее Использование в Задаче Сегментации Изображений

Предложена структурная модель полутонового изображения. Структурная модель предполагает инвариантное относительно аффинных преобразований описание выделенных в изображении объектов. Форма объекта полностью определяет его описание и представлена его граничным контуром и функцией оптической плотности, которая определена в пределах этого контура. Предложено определение контура полутонового изображения как последовательности, состоящей из отрезков прямых и дуг кривых, причем эти отрезки прямых и дуги кривых являются особыми линиями поверхности, которая соответствует полутоновому изображению. Рассматривается пример использования структурной модели в процессе обработки полутоновых изображений медицинских препаратов, полученных по методу Кирлиан.

A népesség mint gazdaságföldrajzi tényező

A gazdasági élet minden rezdülése az emberrel kezdődik. Az ökonómia folyamatait is végső soron az ember működteti. Az etikus gazdálkodás eredményeinek haszonélvezője pedig maga a népesség. A népesség valójában a gazdasági élet alfája és ómegája. Szinte törvényszerű, hogy egy gazdaságföldrajzi tanulmánykötetet a népesség tárgyalásával kezdjünk. E fejezet a népesség és a tér igen szerteágazó összefüggéseinek legfontosabb elemeit tárgyalja, érintve a területi differenciákat és a népességgel kapcsolatos globális hatásokat is. A téma központi szerepköre miatt szakmegkötés nélkül ajánlható a közgazdaságtan általános kérdéseihez és a gyakorlati gazdálkodáshoz kötődő szakok hallgatóinak is. Haszonnal forgathatják a társadalomtudomány különböző területei iránt érdeklődő olvasók is.

National Research Council of Thailand Visit

Agenda for the National Research Council of Thailand's Visit to Florida International University on May 17 and 18, 2007.

School Segregation, Educational Disparities, and Impacts on Haitian Youth in South Florida

This paper examines the ways in which the legacy of school segregation in South Florida has affected the education of Haitian students and continues to limit their prospects. The high schools that serve neighborhoods with concentrated Haitian populations achieve shockingly poor academic results, which negatively affect Haitian student academic achievement.

The IRS Collection Division: Contacts and Settlements

In his study -The IRS Collection Division: Contacts and Settlements - by John M. Tarras, Assistant Professor School of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management, Michigan State University, Tarras initially states: “The collection division of the internal revenue service is often the point of contact for many hospitality businesses. The author describes how the division operates, what the hospitality firm can expect when contacted by it, and what types of strategies firms might find helpful when negotiating a settlement with the IRS.” The author will have you know that even though most chance meetings with the IRS Collection Division are due to unfortunate tax payment circumstances, there are actually more benign reasons for close encounters of the IRS kind. This does not mean, however, that brushes with the IRS Collection Division will end on an ever friendlier note. “…the Tax Reform Act of 1986 with its added complexity will cause some hospitality firms to inadvertently fail to make proper payments on a timely basis,” Tarras affords in illustrating a perhaps less pugnacious side of IRS relations. Should a hospitality business owner represent himself/herself before the IRS? Never, says Tarras. “Too many taxpayers ruin their chances of a fair settlement by making what to them seem innocent remarks, but ones that turn out to be far different,” warns Professor Tarras. Tarras makes the distinction between IRS the Collection Division, and IRS the Audit Division. “While the Audit Division is interested in how the tax liability arose, the Collection Division is generally only interested in collecting the liability,” he informs you. Either sounds firmly in hostile territory. They don’t bluff. Tarras does want you to know that when the IRS threatens to levy on the assets of a hospitality business, they will do so. Those assets may extend to personal and real property as well, he says. The levy action is generally the final resort in an IRS collection effort. Professor Tarras explains the lien process and the due process attached to that IRS collection tactic. “The IRS can also levy a hospitality firm owner's wages. In this case, it is important to realize that you are allowed to exempt from levy $75 per week, along with $25 per week for each of your dependents (unless your spouse works),” Professor Tarras says with the appropriate citation. What are the options available to the hospitality business owner who finds himself on the wrong side of the IRS Collection Division? Negotiate in good faith says Professor Tarras. “In many cases, a visit to the IRS office will greatly reduce the chances that a simple problem will turn into a major one,” Tarras advises. He dedicates the last pages of the discussion to negotiation strategies.

The Beacon, December 18, 2006

Vol. 19, Issue 36, 12 pages

Motion Correction Algorithm of Lung Tumors for Respiratory Gated PET Images

Respiratory gating in lung PET imaging to compensate for respiratory motion artifacts is a current research issue with broad potential impact on quantitation, diagnosis and clinical management of lung tumors. However, PET images collected at discrete bins can be significantly affected by noise as there are lower activity counts in each gated bin unless the total PET acquisition time is prolonged, so that gating methods should be combined with imaging-based motion correction and registration methods. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a fast and practical solution to the problem of respiratory motion for the detection and accurate quantitation of lung tumors in PET images. This included: (1) developing a computer-assisted algorithm for PET/CT images that automatically segments lung regions in CT images, identifies and localizes lung tumors of PET images; (2) developing and comparing different registration algorithms which processes all the information within the entire respiratory cycle and integrate all the tumor in different gated bins into a single reference bin. Four registration/integration algorithms: Centroid Based, Intensity Based, Rigid Body and Optical Flow registration were compared as well as two registration schemes: Direct Scheme and Successive Scheme. Validation was demonstrated by conducting experiments with the computerized 4D NCAT phantom and with a dynamic lung-chest phantom imaged using a GE PET/CT System. Iterations were conducted on different size simulated tumors and different noise levels. Static tumors without respiratory motion were used as gold standard; quantitative results were compared with respect to tumor activity concentration, cross-correlation coefficient, relative noise level and computation time. Comparing the results of the tumors before and after correction, the tumor activity values and tumor volumes were closer to the static tumors (gold standard). Higher correlation values and lower noise were also achieved after applying the correction algorithms. With this method the compromise between short PET scan time and reduced image noise can be achieved, while quantification and clinical analysis become fast and precise.